هیموروگی

Also known as Himorogi

thumb|A himorogi at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū thumb|Himorogi of Ame-no-hohi|Amenohohi-no-mikoto at [[Rokkosan Country House.]] in Shinto terminology are sacred spaces or altars used to worship. In their simplest form, they are square areas with green bamboo or sakaki at the corners without architecture. These in turn support sacred ropes (shimenawa) decorated with streamers called shide. A branch of sakaki or some other evergreen at the center acts as a yorishiro, a physical representation of the presence of the kami, a being which is in itself incorporeal.